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Hundreds protest in Poland against failure to ease abortion law

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Polish parliament building in Warsaw on Tuesday to protest MPs’ rejection of a bill that would soften the country’s strict abortion law.

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Polish Parliament holds public hearing on abortion legislation

The lower house of the Polish Parliament, the Sejm, commenced a public hearing on Thursday morning for discussion of proposed bills concerning abortion, drawing fervent arguments from both advocates and opponents of abortion rights.